Richard Shelby: “But how confident are you that the OMB plan that they are holding will do all this?”

A lot of people, including this Senator, believe that the request is not enough considering the problems in the world.

Because the administration has refused to fund the construction of a comprehensive barrier along the border, it has been compelled to send the National Guard to deal with the consequences.

I am concerned about this--what this communicates to both our allies and our adversaries.

Deterrence requires spending our limited resources on both offensive and defensive weapons.